Going Mediterranean To Help Depression

The Mediterranean diet is well known for its physical health benefits and it is now being hailed as the latest weapon in tackling mental health problems. Researchers at Deakin University have found the diet can help those suffering from severe depression. They […]

Making Good Men Great

As women, we naturally turn to other women for support when feeling down about something and it’s pretty much a given that most of us will have a network of friends and family to turn to when in need. But what about men? What […]

New Dads Can Be Depressed Too!

New dads are at risk of experiencing the same symptoms of postpartum depression as women who’ve just given birth — despite the fact that their bodies don’t go through the same sort of changes. A paper published in JAMA Psychiatry and reported […]

Suicide, Self-Harm at 10 Year High

Many of us have children in our lives, one way or another, which is why the new statistics released on youth suicide are heartbreaking. New research which will send a shiver down all parents’ spines shows that suicide rates and self harm […]

Social media flamed my anxiety

I was checking my Facebook notifications for work and decided to have a quick squiz at the news feed. One photo sent a wave of emotions through me. It was of a girl from high school having a merry time sharing drinks […]

The pain after birth, that we need to talk about

Vivianne Kissane is no stranger to pain. After losing her sister-in-law to perinatal mental illness then suffering post natal depression herself, she is acutely aware that many women who experience anxiety during the perinatal period hide their true feelings from family or […]